FRANCE, Conquête de l’espace intersidéral [Conquest of Interstellar

FRANCE, Conquête de l’espace intersidéral [Conquest of Interstellar Space], 1959, an electrotype bronze medal by A.-L. Galtié, a human figure strides across the space between the Earth and the Moon, being a first step into a sky sown with stars and celestial bodies, where the sun radiates, Luna 1 at upper right, rev. rockets from the Earth reaching an unknown planet, 100mm, 197.04g (cf. CGMP p.781; cf. Heritage/MPO 90, 9111). Small stain in centre of obverse, otherwise extremely fine £30-£50.

Estimate:£30

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